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NO LONDON SUBSIDY
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MO fares subsidy for London Transport, and no cheap travel for the elderly— that was the firm decision from Mr. Thomas Galbraith, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport, when M.P.s sought help for London travellers. The subsidy was suggested by Mr. Arthur Lewis (Labour, West Ham North), who spoke of the growing concern that fares in London should be subsidized to prevent another rise.
The Ministry had no power to give a subsidy to the Board which, under the Transport Act of 1962, had a statutory duty to pay its way, answered Mr.. Galbraith.
He was equally uncompromising when Lady Gammans (Tory, Hornsey), proposed cheap season tickets which elderly people on small incomes could use on public transport between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.
This was not a suitable subject for .1 general direction to the Board, and was not, in the Government's view, the right way to help these people, said Mr. Galbraith.
Fare Concession Anomaly A COMPLAINT about the anomaly created when a local authority, which granted concessionary fares on trolleybuses, changed to diesel buses was made in the Commons last week.
Mr. Fergus Montgomery (Tory, Newcastle East) said that pensioners lost their rights *to any concession, and asked that legislation be introduced to enable concessionary fares schemes to be continued under these circumstances.
The Travel Concession Act of 1955 had inevitably produced some anomalies, of which this was one example, admitted Mr. Thomas Galbraith, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport, But legislation as suggested by Mr. Montgomery would not remove them all, and he could not pledge the Government lo widen the scope of the Act.
Scottish Transport WHEN Sir James Duncan (Tory, South Angus) asked in the 'Commons why the Minister of Transport was not to conduct a practical experiment in a selected rural area in Scotland to test out the right solution to the problem of rural transport, Mr. Thomas 'Galbraith, the Parliamentary Secretary, replied that the department was keeping therepresentatives of local authorities and bus operators in Scotland in close touch with the proposals.
The Ministry was ready to consider an experiment in Scotland if one was called for and, apart from this, bus services in the Highlands and Islands were to he reviewed by the Highland. Transport Board. •
Accidents IN 1963 76,313 goods vehicles were involved in accidents causing injury to road users, said Mr. Galbraith, in the Commons. The department did not have separate estimates of the cost of accidents to goods vehicles, he added.